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Ettadhamen, Tunisia – Ten years after Tunisians rose up against poverty and autocracy and removed a dictator, demonstrators are again demanding the social and economic reforms they were promised.
“We are out on the streets because we want social justice and work,” explained Chabib from Ettadhamen, a densely populated working-class district on the outskirts of the capital Tunis and one of the epicentres of the recent unrest in Tunisia.
Chabib, 34, is one of many who have taken part in night-time clashes with security forces in disadvantaged areas of Tunis and 15 other cities across the country since last Saturday. His name has been changed to protect from reprisals by police.
Daytime protests in Tunis and other cities have followed night clashes between youth and security forces
Tunisian protesters lift placards and chant during an anti-government demonstration in coastal city of Sfax on 19 January 2021 (AFP) By Published date: 19 January 2021 22:57 UTC | Last update: 2 months 1 week ago
Protesters rallied in Tunisia s capital and other cities on Tuesday against unemployment and corruption, and revived the chant the people want the fall of the regime that rang out a decade ago and led to the ouster of longtime leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Hundreds of people gathered on Bourguiba Avenue in central Tunis while demonstrations took place in towns near Sidi Bouzid, where the 2011 revolution began, after four nights of clashes between stone-throwing youth and security forces.
A growing groundswell of youth unrest, tapping into a well of economic frustration, is sweeping Tunisia and worrying its leadership all the way to the top. It is, after all, the country that triggered the 2011 Arab Spring revolutions.
A third of the North African nation’s young people are unemployed – and many are angry about their stagnant fortunes. For the fifth consecutive day, they took to the streets in violent demonstrations across the country of 11.7 million – from the capital of Tunis, to the cities of Kasserine, Gafsa, Sousse and Monastir.
The protests have led to a muscular response from authorities who fear a repeat of the unrest that led to the removal of strongman President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 10 years ago.